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A6 WORLD NEWS
Tuesday 28 June 2022
Iran launches rocket into space as nuclear talks to resume

By NASSER KARIMI and ISA- the tattered nuclear deal.
BEL DEBRE Tehran’s rocket launches
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian have raised alarm in Wash-
state television said Sunday ington amid the unraveling
that Tehran had launched of the nuclear deal. The U.S.
a solid-fueled rocket into warns the launches defy
space, drawing a rebuke a United Nations Security
from Washington ahead of Council resolution calling
the expected resumption on Iran to steer clear of any
of stalled talks over Teh- activity related to ballistic
ran’s tattered nuclear deal missiles capable of deliver-
with world powers. ing nuclear weapons.
It’s unclear when or where The White House on Sunday
the rocket was launched, said it was committed to
but the announcement using sanctions and other
came after satellite pho- measures to prevent further
tos showed preparations advances in Iran’s ballistic
at Imam Khomeini Space- missile program.
port in Iran’s rural Semnan In this frame grab from video footage released Sunday, June 26, 2022 by Iran state TV, IRINN, The U.S. intelligence com-
province, the site of Iran’s shows an Iranian satellite-carrier rocket, called “Zuljanah,” blasting off from an undisclosed munity’s 2022 threat assess-
frequent failed attempts location in Iran. Associated Press ment, published in March,
to put a satellite into orbit. claims such a satellite
State-run media aired dra- a satellite of 220 kilograms citate negotiations over Trump withdrew the U.S. launch vehicle “shortens
matic footage of the blast- (485 pounds) that would Iran’s nuclear program from the nuclear deal in the timeline” to an inter-
off against the backdrop of ultimately gather data in that have stalemated for 2018 and reimposed crush- continental ballistic missile
heightened tensions over low-earth orbit and pro- months. ing sanctions on Iran. Teh- for Iran as it uses “similar
Tehran’s nuclear program, mote Iran’s space industry. A few significant stick- ran responded by greatly technologies.”
which is racing ahead un- Zuljanah is named for the ing points remain, includ- ramping up its nuclear work Iran, which long has said
der decreasing internation- horse of Imam Hussein, the ing Tehran’s demand that and now enriches uranium it does not seek nuclear
al oversight. grandson of the Prophet Washington lift terrorism closer than ever to weap- weapons, maintains its sat-
Iran had previously ac- Muhammad. sanctions on its paramilitary ons-grade levels. ellite launches and rocket
knowledged that it The White House said it was Revolutionary Guard. Bor- In a further escalation tests do not have a military
planned more tests for the aware of Iran’s announce- rell said on Saturday that that limits the international component.
satellite-carrying rocket, ment and criticized the talks over the nuclear deal community’s view into its Even as Iran’s government
which it first launched in move as “unhelpful and would resume in an un- nuclear program, Iran re- has sharpened its focus
February of last year. destabilizing.” named Persian Gulf coun- moved over two dozen In- on space, sending several
Ahmad Hosseini, spokes- The launch comes just a try in the coming days, with ternational Atomic Energy short-lived satellites into or-
man for Iran’s Defense day after the European Iranian media reporting Agency cameras from its bit and in 2013 launching
Ministry, said Zuljanah, a Union’s foreign policy chief, that Qatar would likely host nuclear sites this month. The a monkey into space, the
25.5 meter-long rocket, Josep Borrell, traveled to the negotiations. agency’s director called program has seen recent
was capable of carrying Tehran in a push to resus- Former President Donald the move a “fatal blow” to troubles. q

Israel loosens abortion regulations in response to Roe

standing requirement that right over her body,” he mittees have been heavily
women appear physically said. “The SCOTUS decision criticized in Israel over the
before a special commit- to negate a woman’s right years. While most requests
tee before they are permit- to make a choice over her are approved, women
ted to terminate a preg- own body is a sad process have objected to being
nancy. of women’s repression, set- subject to bureaucracy
The decision came after ting the leader of the free and a humiliating and intru-
the U.S. Supreme Court and liberal world a hun- sive process. Women also
on Friday stripped away dred years back.” can face long wait times
women’s constitutional Abortion is widely available before they can be seen
protections for abortion, a in Israel and far less contro- by a committee.
fundamental and deeply versial than in the U.S., but Instead, the process will be
personal change for Ameri- women still don’t automati- digitized, and a require-
cans’ lives after nearly a cally have the right to the ment to meet with a social
Protesters fill the street in front of the Supreme Court after the
court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in Washington, June half-century under Roe v. procedure. worker will become option-
24, 2022. Wade. The decision has Under the new rules, Israeli al. The new regulations are
Associated Press triggered protests across women will now have ac- set to take effect in three
the U.S. and set the stage cess to abortion pills at their months.
By EMILY ROSE U.S. Supreme Court ruling for a wave of litigation. local health clinics. They “The reform we approved
Associated Press overturning Roe v. Wade. Health Minister Nitzan also will no longer need to today will create a simpler
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on The new rules, approved by Horowitz, who heads the physically appear before process, that is more re-
Monday eased its regula- a parliamentary commit- small liberal Meretz party, an abortion approval com- spectful, advanced, and
tions on abortion access in tee, grant women access said the U.S. decision had mittee, and the applica- maintains a woman’s right
what the country’s health to abortion pills through the turned back the clock for tion form will be shortened to make decisions over her
minister said was a re- country’s universal health women’s rights. and simplified. own body a basic human
sponse to last week’s “sad” system and remove a long- “A woman has a complete Abortion approval com- right,” Horowitz said.q